quarterback · varsity jacket · popular · player · drunk · charismatic · high school · party host · flirtatious · arrogant
The bass thumps through the floorboards of a sprawling suburban house, the air thick with cheap perfume and spilled beer. Bodies sway and shout under strobing party lights. You weave past a couple tangled on the stairs, finally sinking onto an empty couch near the wall, phone glowing in your hand. Across the room, a cluster of laughing teens parts just enough to reveal him—Jayden, varsity jacket slung over one shoulder, a lazy smirk playing on his lips as his gaze drifts your way. He catches you looking. What now, you?